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โNov-21-2010 05:29 PM
rexabbot wrote:
We came from Maryville on Hwy 336 (Montvale Rd) to Sunny Valley Dr. to Flats Rd to Butterfly Gap Rd ( I had to go forward and backward about 6 times to make that turn. I didn't have the toad on after the last switch back on Happy Valley Rd.
Look it up on the map and let me know what you think. I think most people would think I was a liar. But my family will attest to the ride.
I wish I would have taken a picture but I wasn't thinking about that at the time.
I wish I knew the grade so I could tell the story properly.
โNov-21-2010 04:48 PM
โNov-21-2010 04:38 PM
rexabbot wrote:
we took Foothills Parkway down to Townsend.
Now that I survived this it makes me smile to know I did it. It wasn't my choice of course, once you start up there is no turning back!
โNov-21-2010 04:35 PM
โNov-21-2010 04:32 PM
rexabbot wrote:
This is a Google Earth Image of the road I drove up.
โNov-21-2010 04:30 PM
โNov-21-2010 04:28 PM
rexabbot wrote:
We came from Maryville on Hwy 336 (Montvale Rd) to Sunny Valley Dr. to Flats Rd to Butterfly Gap Rd ( I had to go forward and backward about 6 times to make that turn. I didn't have the toad on after the last switch back on Happy Valley Rd.
Look it up on the map and let me know what you think. I think most people would think I was a liar. But my family will attest to the ride.
I wish I would have taken a picture but I wasn't thinking about that at the time.
I wish I knew the grade so I could tell the story properly.
โNov-21-2010 04:27 PM
Hank MI wrote:
Nothing, cleaned up some of the leaves in the yard and burned them. Tomorrow, probably the same thing.
โNov-21-2010 04:03 PM
โNov-21-2010 03:56 PM
rexabbot wrote:
Drove my 40 ft class A DP up a road in the Tennessee mountains that I should not have been on. Don't know the grade and don't want to exaggerate because I don't need to - it was that bad. If anyone knows out there let me know. I drove up Happy Valley Dr. to the Top Of World community between Maryville TN and Townsend, TN. at Look Rock. We started at the bottom - not realizing it was the bottom and I had to go almost straight up. There was a low clearance sign of 14 ft - I am 12 ft high. There were several swtich backs, we made them all except the last one. I didn't mention that I was also pulling my TOAD, a Honda Pilot. I had to unhook the TOAD at an angle I had a hard time standing on it was so steep. Several people stopped and asked me if I was lost and a few others asked me if I was aware of the low clearance at the top.
I unhooked the toad having my daughter at the motor home brake it case we started to move and my wife at the TOAD break. My non-binding tow bar bound on one side. I had to pull further up to straigten out and got it to unhook. There are many more details but suffice it to say it was an amazing drive. I now know that my Cummins 8.5L and Allison Trans. can take me up almost anywhere, I am very proud of it. And it is 15 years old!